…Sub-freezing Temperatures and Hard Freezes Likely Next Week…
Another blast of arctic air appears headed toward Texas this weekend, with the cold air expected to continue through the middle of next week. The various computer-forecast solutions have come into fairly good agreement in calling for a mass of very cold Siberian air to move over the Pole the next couple of days, then plunge south across Canada and the central U.S. late week. Forecasts call for the leading edge of the arctic air to spread south across Texas Saturday afternoon, followed by windy and much colder weather Saturday night through the first half of next week. This next blast of arctic air is looking to be even colder than the what we experienced from last week’s cold blast. Behind the cold front, north and northwesterly winds will increase to 15-25 mph, with gusts to 35/40 mph Saturday night through Sunday night.
Temperatures:
Based on the latest forecast guidance, here is an idea of the high and low temperatures that can be expected. These reading are not final and will likely change some—especially we move into the window of the high resolution-forecast models.
High temperatures:
- Saturday: Highs will range from the upper 50s to low 60s across the Hill Country, to the mid-60s across Central Texas, to the upper 60s near the coast
- Sunday: Highs will range from the low 40s across the Hill Country, to the mid-40s across Central Texas, to the upper 40s across the coastal plains
- Monday: High temperatures generally in the upper 30s to low 40s
- Tuesday: High temperatures generally in the mid and upper 30s
- Wednesday: Highs in the low and mid-40s
- Thursday: Highs in the low 50s
Low temperatures
- Sunday: Lows Sunday morning will include the mid and upper 20s across the Hill Country, the upper 20s across Central Texas, and the low 30s across the coastal plains
- Monday: Lows Monday morning will include the upper teens to 20 degrees across the Hill Country, the low 20s across Central Texas, and the mid-20s across the coastal plains
- Tuesday: Lows Tuesday morning will include the upper teens to low 20s across the Hill Country, the low to mid-20s across Central Texas, and the upper 20s across the coastal plains
- Wednesday: Lows Wednesday morning are forecast to be in the low to mid-20s across the Hill Country, the upper 20s across Central Texas, and near 30 degrees across the coastal plains
- Thursday: Lows Thursday morning are forecast to be in the mid and upper 20s across the Hill Country, the upper 20s to low 30s across Central Texas, and the mid-30s across the coastal plains
Precipitation
The latest forecast solutions call for no precipitation immediately behind the cold front Saturday night through Sunday. Early next week, some of the forecast solutions call for a weak trough of low pressure to track east across the southern half of the state that could pull some moisture north from the Gulf of Mexico. It’s too early to know if this system could cause any wintery precipitation. As of now, the majority of the forecast solution keep weather conditions dry during the first half of next week, but this could change. The precipitation forecast is currently highly uncertain and it will likely be a few more days before forecasters can get a better handle on the potential for any wintery weather.
I urge everyone to monitor forecasts over the next few days for further updates and prepare for the return of some very cold temperatures this weekend.
Bob
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